History

UCLA Department of Sociology established joint with Anthropology.

Leonard Broom, sociologist whose early research focused on theinternment of Japanese Americans during WWII and co-authored one of the most successful early sociology textbooks.

Leonard Broom (see above)

Department of Sociology becomes its own department.

Ralph Turner, social psychologist known for pioneering work on role theory.

Georges Sabagh, sociologist known for his work on ethnic enclaves and population studies.

Donald Treiman, sociologist whose work focuses on social stratification and social mobility, particularly from a cross-national perspective, and more recently on internal migration in China.

Emanuel A. Schegloff, sociologist credited with being one of the co-creators of the field of conversation analysis.

Howard Freeman, medical sociologist who was also the founding director of UCLA’s Institute for Social Science Research.

Ivan Szelenyi, sociologist whose work focuses on inequality in urban communities and the structural problems of capitalistic and socialistic societies.

Roger Waldinger, sociologist recognized for his work on the political and economic consequences of international migration.

William Roy, sociologist whose work focuses on the history of commercial popular music in the 20th century, particularly on how musical genres work as social categories.

Darnell Hunt, sociologist whose work focuses on media, race and popular culture.

Abigail Saguy, sociologist who studies how cultural schemas shape power relations and how subordinate groups are sometimes able to increase their control by creating new cultural meaning.